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1 ASPHALT: a contractor s s perspective on the environmentally sustainable pavement Greening the Blacktop

2 ASPHALT: the environmentally sustainable pavement Stormwater management / porous pavement UHI and reflective asphalt pavements Recycled materials / RAP Env. Performance and Carbon Footprints Warm Mix Asphalt a contractor s s perspective

3 early 1900s HMA plant

4 early 2000s HMA plant

5 urban development

6 urban development

7 stormwater management

8 stormwater management

9 Porous Pavement with Recharge Bed River Jacks Open Into Recharge Bed Porous Asphalt Geotextile Membrane Stone Bed w/ 40% Voids for Storage/Recharge stormwater management

10 stormwater management

11 Standard Pavement Porous Pavement Univ. NC: add l l parking lot constructed ca stormwater management

12 Benefits of Porous Pavement Economic Reduces/Eliminates the land space consumed by conventional detention facilities Helps prevent excessive flooding and minimizes need for control measures Aesthetic Eliminates the need for unsightly detention basins Preserves areas such as woods/open space Environmental Limits peak stormwater discharge and improves water quality of any runoff Reduces amount of impervious surfaces stormwater management

13 Dense-graded asphalt pavements were historically the standard for roadways Provides structure, strength, and smoothness Smoothness can cause water overspray Open-graded Friction Courses (OGFC) developed to minimize overspray Developed in the late 1940s (airports) Pavement contains greater air voids Thin OGFC pavement above dense-graded mat OGFC Highly successful in minimizing accidents Calif-DOT identified a 50% decrease in deaths and 20% decrease in accidents after Hwy re-paved using OGFC Other state statistics similar safer pavements

14 Spray Reduction: OGFC on Freeway safer pavements

15 Vehicles on highways generate a significant amount of noise Noise from the tire / pavement interface accounts for over 75% of the vehicle noise Sound-walls are expensive and are only somewhat effective if placed in the line-of-sight They reduce noise minimally and only over certain distances from the roadway Sound-walls can increase UHI effects because they decrease air movement across pavement surface Traffic Noise can be significantly reduced using Open-Graded Friction Courses (OGFC) quieter pavements

16 Noise Reduction: AR-OGFC on Highway quieter pavements

17 Urban Heat Islands

18 myth or reality?

19 reflectivity & temperatures

20 reflectivity & temperatures

21 cooler pavements

22 cooler pavements

23 Interstate Highway mountain range cooler pavements

24 Interstate Highway mountain range Below grade w/ sound walls asphalt-based OGFC over reflective pavement Above grade w/ landscape Below grade w/ sound walls Airport: 23-inch thick reflective pvmt cooler pavements

25 ? cooler reflective pavements?

26 pavement thickness material capacities. surface vs. air temperatures pavement air voids (OGFC) cooler UHI does NOT cause Global Warming It s NOTa blackand white issue? cooler reflective pavements?

27 Surface Chip Seals and Coatings: using reflective / light-colored chip / paints reflective pavements

28 Gritting : reflective chips and aggregate reflective pavements

29 Shot-Blasting: abrading surface binder reflective pavements

30 Synthetic and Colored Binders: using reflective aggregates reflective pavements

31 Synthetic / Colored Binders: using reflective / colored aggregates reflective pavements

32 recycled pavement

33 Common Recycled Materials in Shingles Asphalt Pavements Crumb / Tire Rubber Glass Slag Foundry sand All are in different stages of utilization / evaluation recycled pavement

34 asphalt shingles

35 scrap tires

36 milling asphalt pavement

37 reclaimed asphalt pavement RAP

38 sizing RAP

39 sizing RAP

40 processing RAP

41 Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement RAP Removed and/or reprocessed pavement materials containing asphalt and aggregates Over 80 percent of the asphalt pavement, removed each year for widening and resurfacing, is re-used Represents close to 100 million tons / year RAP is the Nation s No. 1 recycled material in both total amount and percentage recycled recycled pavement

42 Asphalt Pvmt Percent Recycled Glass bottles Paper Newsprint Aluminum cans Scrap Steel recycled pavement FHWA / USEPA Report to Congress, EPA/600/R-93/095.

43 RAP: sustainable & carbon neutral

44 BEES: econ. & env.. impacts

45 Alternative Pvmt Asphalt Pvmt BEES Non Asphalt Pvmt

46 Alternative Pvmt Asphalt Pvmt BEES Non Asphalt Pvmt

47 CO2 emissions generally linked to energy expenditures; less energy less CO2 emissions UHI may be real but is only local; NOT a contributor to Global Warming Sci. American Avg. automobile emits ~ 6 tons CO2 annually Avg. HMA plant emits ~ 2,500 tons CO2 = Tg GHG emissions from HMA production pales in comparison to other industrial sources... carbon footprint: US sources

48 carbon footprint: US sources Source: EPA 430-R US GHG Emissions

49 Avg HMA plant GHG ~ Tg Source: EPA 430-R US GHG Emissions carbon footprint: US sources

50 The entire annual CO2 / greenhouse gas emissions / carbon footprint from a typical hot-mix plant (~ 2,500 tons) could be totally offset by using 20-25% RAP in pavement mix designs -- accomplished by minimizing acquisition of energy intensive (natural) raw materials such as aggregate and petroleum asphalt. RAP: sustainable & carbon neutral

51 continually changing technology..

52 to drive efficiency = $$ / env comp

53 Warm Mix Asphalt ( WMA( WMA )

54 Many different technologies Waxes, emulsions, and water foaming processes Costs differ: some higher, some lower End-result: to lower mix temperatures from 300 of ~ 250 of (or lower) Less energy demand / fuel consumption Less emissions: plant and field Quantifying energy and emissions ~ 15% less fuel consumption (min.) ~ 15% less CO2 emissions (min.) Lower NOx, particulate, other emissions States, Producers, Contractors, FHWA all interested Performance research and many field trials warm mix asphalt

55 ASPHALT: the environmentally sustainable pavement Porous pavements manage stormwater OGFCs are safe and quiet Reflective / OGFC / Porous can mitigate UHI Remember: UHI doesn t cause Global Warming Asphalt pvmts accept recycled goods / are recycled (RAP) HMA pavements are environmentally preferred Low energy to construct, low carbon footprint, fast speed of construction Warm Mix lowers energy consumption & emissions RAP can offset the entire annual HMA GHG emissions greening the blacktop

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